Find out more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning enable learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this growing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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